Yuki–Wappo Languages
Yuki–Wappo Languages
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The Huchnom belonged to the Yukian linguistic stock, though resembling the Porno somewhat more closely in culture.
The Wappo language constituted a very divergent form of speech of the Yukian linguistic family.
The Coast Yuki Indians believe themselves to be an offshoot from the Huchnom but linguistic examination seems to place them near the Yuki.
Yuki, Coast; or Ukhotno’m. (See Yuki.) The second name is applied to them by the interior Yuki, signifying “ocean people.”